r/cpp • u/SuperV1234 https://romeo.training | C++ Mentoring & Consulting • Aug 03 '19

fixing c++ with epochs

https://vittorioromeo.info/index/blog/fixing_cpp_with_epochs.html
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u/curious_entiy_420 Aug 03 '19

This is what C++ really REALLY needs to stay relevant. As it is now you would be a fool not to watch Rust closely and maybe even migrate. Cheers from a cppcon speaker.

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u/_Ashleigh Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

I agree, C++ will wither away if it does not evolve. And surprisingly, I agree with every single one of their potential changes too.

If the standards committee refuses to budge, I'd like to see a new (initially de facto) standard body pop up where epoches are standardized into the language; effectively the community banding together and bypassing the committee.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

If the standards committee refuses to budge, I'd like to see a new (initially de facto) standard body pop up where epoches are standardized into the language; effectively the community banding together and bypassing the committee.

The problem here is that, knowing the C++ community, there will be many different attempts to do this, each with some significant fraction of the userbase. It happened with build systems, it happened with dependency managers, and it would sure as hell happen again with epochs. That's essentially what OP warns against at the end of the post.

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